Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-06-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

ltal.
"A law taxing cats at ten cents per
capita is proposed by legislator In
Georgia.
Augusta, Wisconsin, reports the
fall Of a yellOwish snow there a day
or two ago.
The last census of Berlin places
the number Of Americans residing
there at 979.
"A 25-fOot shark is reported to have
been taken in Monterey, California,
bay week ago.
The remains of q mastodOn of the
largest size have been discovered near
Atlanta, Georgia.
Emil Mancke. famous German
wrestler, weighs al pounds, and Is &
feet IL inches tall,
Prohibition is expected TO carry all
the counties il Dakota outside of the
Black Hills next Fall.
jubilee" Jugglns is the naule by
which the present '-plunger" on the
English turf il known.
"A projected underground railway
Is to use cables as means of propulsion
anu be lighted by electricity.
During the reign of Augustus
Caesar, Rome, 1t is calculated, had
population Of about 2,500,OOO.
Monterey is said to remain more
characteristically Mexican than any
other city or town in ClifoInIa.
"A famous deer forest, Applecross,
IN West ROss-shUe. is soon TO he sold
1t extends to about 7O,OCO acres.
The Hot Springs, near Carson.
Nevada, have suddenly fallen fifteen
inches, although the flow of water has
not diminished.
"A snaIl'S pace. according to the
Terre Haute Express, has been ascer-
tanned by experiment to be mile in
days.
Sealing off Cape Flattery is in
proving. The arrivals are reported in
myriads, and coming closer to the cape
tian ever before.
Nine negro chieftains, with unpro-
nounceable names, but who are said TO
talk English well, have been among
the late 'liOns'' in Paris.
"A pisciculturist OF Vienna, Y. J..
s said to have $1,000 carp, the product
)f five young German carp received by
him in the spring of 1882.
"A Pittsburg drummer is testing
the right Of Helena, Montana Territory
10 collect license from him under the
recent Supreme Court decision.
Tile Colonial Exhibition in Eng
land netted profit OF e35, ,235. Of this
20 ,0OO were presented by the trustees
to the Imperial Institute fuLd.
Jacob Welch, of Richie county,
west Virginia, cut down a hollow
maple tree the other day, from which
ian twenty-seven full grown squirrels.
The widow OF George y. Conly.
sae yell-knoWn haSso of Palia:a- Ti.ur
was drowned soiGe five years ago, died
in New York recently, OF consump-
Ion.
The highest spot inhabited by
human beings is said to be the Budd-
hist cloister of uanie, Thibet, where
Il priests live at an altitude of 10000
,eet.
About 20 per cent. of the iurors
lrawn in New York city are of foreign
'irth, and many Of them have slight
knowledge or our laws or of the Eng
ish language.
Starvation, as found BY corouer's
uries, caused the deaths of forty per-
ons, in London, during the year 1886.
S shown by an official report to thu
iUuse of Commons.
Mary Queen of Scots was As years
I age when executed III FrOthernpay
'astle. Queen Elizabeth, who signed
er death warrant, was at that time
I5S1l 81 years old.
"A meteor that didn't shoot" but
'hich glowed for 4 quarter of an hour.
ceordlnS to the statement Of q Quebec
lighted up that city and
ic.nity vlyidiy few nights ago.
A young girl attacked sneak
llef IN Newark, New jersey, the other
az, threw him on his back and held
In there until assistance arrived. She
id seen him steal a hat from hat
ore.
1t is reported that man in Tenn-
'lyania has hen which recently laid
I egg measuring six and a half by
gGt and half inches. The hen is a
ack DrIiima, and IS Old enough 10 be
4 the retired list.
Olive Oil, said to be of the finest
Iality, Is being made this season in
mona, California, and the production
olives Is confidently expected to be-
me one OF the most important indus
,es Of the place.
"A boy named Card, at HayesyilIe,
'1r Salem, OREGON, died from the
fects of wound in the abdomen,
used a few weeks ago by a croquet
allet, which had slipped from the
Inds Of companion.
Tie reign Of Sennacherib (75I-6Sl
c. was the golden age of Assyrian
/; and IN G25 D. G., a little more than
If a century later, AS yria fell, never
rise again, by the hand of Cyaxares.
e Median conqueror.
The Plainfeld New Jersey) E,ec-
.c Light Company offer to contract
Ith househOlders fer one iucandescent
mp at IS year; two, 81 each; three,
(; seven, at - each, and = for each
dltional lamp.
"A steam omnibus, which is in
nded 10 run regularly over country
ads, is said to be running now in
resden, Saxony. It is managed by
70 men, and carries fogty-six passen-
rs: with considerable freight.
Lucinda Easter, eolOred resident
Newbery, South Carolina, is said to
1U9 years OF age. According to
wspaper accounts her mother died at
e advanced age of 1l9, and she, ike
T daughter, had y children.
illustrated Journalism is becoming
lite popular In Western Pennsy. sania-
least it would seem so by the recent
ue OF fittsburg paper, the supple
INT CT which alone contained thirty
% wood-cuts.
Young chickens. the Microscopical
ciety Of San Francisco fears, are
ed With the seeds of consumption and
~ communicate the disease to people
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